Celebrating Planck’s 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics: The Many Implications of Energy
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Join your colleagues for two days of collaboration, learning, and communication at
the 2018 Fall Meeting of the Ohio-Region Section of the American Physical Society
at The University of Toledo. This regional meeting serves as an ideal venue for students
and science teachers to share research results through poster or oral presentations,
discuss insights and interests, and form new collaborations in research and education.

Schedule

Note: the schedule remains subject to change, and will be finalized by early September.

Plenary Speakers

Markus GloEckler

Chief Scientist, First Solar

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Dr. Markus Gloeckler currently serves as the Chief Scientist at First Solar, Inc.
First Solar is a fully integrated provider of Photovoltaic (PV) solutions, the largest
manufacturer of thin-film solar panels in the world, and the largest PV manufacturer
in the U.S. Dr. Gloeckler oversees the research functions, which tackle intricate
and fundamental problems of thin-film device physics, from deposition of the semiconductor
on glass, to encapsulation, and product reliability. First Solar has been able to
increase the efficiency entitlement of CdTe PV by demonstrating cell efficiencies
up to 22%. Dr. Gloeckler received a PhD from Colorado State University and after
more than 15 years in the field, continuous to marvel at the complexity of the device
physics of thin-film materials.

Lawrence Anderson-Huang

Professor Emeritus, Physics and Astronomy, University of Toledo

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Lawrence Anderson-Huang was born in Massachusetts, the son of a recognized academic
leader in architecture father and an arts and humanities trained mother. He received
his B.S. from Caltech, where he had the good fortune to have Richard Feynman for the
last semester of general physics, Linus Pauling for general chemistry, and Tom Apostol
for elementary calculus. He received his Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of
California at Berkeley in 1977, where he created a numerical technique to model stellar
atmospheres having a strong flux of X-rays incident from the orbiting black hole in
the recently discovered X-ray binary stars. More recently, he has become interested
in the intersection of the sciences and the arts, having come to the conclusion that
they are inextricably bound both by philosophy and method, differing only in the tools
used.

Emily Weiss

Professor of Chemistry, and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern
University

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Emily Weiss is the Mark and Nancy Ratner Professor of Chemistry and a Professor of
Materials Science and Engineering, by courtesy, at Northwestern University. She is
a co-thrust leader in the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC),
the Center for Bio-Inspired Energy Science (CBES), and the Argonne-Northwestern Solar
Energy Research Center (ANSER). Emily earned her PhD from Northwestern in 2005, advised
by Mark Ratner and Michael Wasielewski. Her graduate work focused on magnetic superexchange
interactions of radical ion pairs created by electron transfer within organic donor-acceptor
systems. Emily did postdoctoral research at Harvard University under George M. Whitesides
from 2005-2008 as a Petroleum Research Fund Postdoctoral Energy Fellow, and started
her independent career at Northwestern in Fall 2008. The objectives of Emily’s research
group are to understand the mechanisms of conversion of energy from one class to another
at interfaces, to understand the behavior of quantum confined systems far from equilibrium,
and to design and synthesize nanostructures that are new combinations of organic and
inorganic components.

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next Steps

The abstract submission deadline is Sept. 7, 2018. APS and OSAPS members should submit
their abstracts through the APS website. (Link Coming Soon). Our apologies for the delay in opening the submission site; we expect that it
will be operational early the week of Aug. 13.

Full-time student contributors requiring financial assistance to attend the meeting
may apply for a student travel grant of up to $100. We strongly encourage students to apply for the travel grant by the Sept. 7th abstract
deadline. The final travel grant application deadline is Sept. 21. Note: travel grant recipients are required to attend the OSAPS meeting, and to give a poster or oral presentation. Shortly after the meeting, travel grant applicants
who have been verified as presenters will be compensated directly by the APS.

Meeting fees up to Sept. 14 will be $50 for APS members, $60 for non-members, and
free for high school teachers, retired attendees, and all students. Registration
after Sept. 14 will incur a $10 late registration fee.

You can register online via the APS web site, or mail/fax a printed copy of the pre-registration form. Note that the on-line registration system accepts payment only by credit card.

Banquet and Lunch

The Friday evening banquet and the Saturday box lunch, which are optional, each offer three choices including a vegetarian selection --
these are listed on the registration form. You may request special dietary options
such as vegan, gluten free, etc. by registering, choosing your meal(s), and then emailing your dietary request to OSAPSinfo@utoledo.edu .

Book your room for the Fall 2018 OSAPS meeting at a nearby hotel, located just north
of the University Main Campus on Secor Rd. (Group Code OSAPS). To secure the Group rate, rooms must be reserved by Sept. 6, 2018. Please select a hotel link for additional details and reservations (rates are before taxes):

Parking Information: Anyone planning to park on the UT campus will need a parking permit, which can be
obtained by providing vehicle Year, Make, Model, Color, State and License Plate #, either (1) in advance by email to OSAPSinfo@utoledo.edu or (2) in person at the Registration desk during the conference.

More information

Contact co-hosts: Randy Ellingson and Nik Podraza Department of Physics and Astronomy The University of Toledo Toledo, OH 43606-3390 OSAPSinfo@utoledo.edu419.530.2241